Sighting 4632968
A Seed borer moth (Cosmopterigidae) at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Macrobathra undescribed species No.1 | 23 Feb 2025 | donhe | ||
| Macrobathra undescribed species No.1 | 23 Feb 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Macrobathra (genus) | 29 Dec 2024 | kasiaaus |
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User's notes
About 12mm
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
30 Dec 2024
Looking at the 99 Australian Macrobathra species pictured at
https://bold-au.hobern.net/taxon.php?taxid=5635
several seem to have a white patch on the forewing hind-margin linking 3 white bars : ANIC 3, 20, 25, 29.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/taxon.php?taxid=5635
several seem to have a white patch on the forewing hind-margin linking 3 white bars : ANIC 3, 20, 25, 29.
kasiaaus
wrote:
30 Dec 2024
Thanks Don. I think 29 is the closest but I'm not sure. I'm not used to seeing the moths pinned like this.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050303-35.208564
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Dec 2024 10:25 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Macrobathra undescribed species No.1 Scientific name
- A Seed borer moth (Cosmopterigidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 595.75m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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